http://davidnaylor.org/blog/2009/03/beta-browser-battle-2-page-load-times/ Photography, Browsers and Stuff. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:59:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://davidnaylor.org/blog/2009/03/beta-browser-battle-2-page-load-times/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Anonymous Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:50:00 +0000 http://naylor83.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/beta-browser-battle-2-page-load-times#comment-598 important for me:-page load (of course)ANDone thing opera does very well, the back-button: when i hit back, i AM back, NOT like IE, that goes on to reload the page, i only left about 2 sec ago(which makes no sense, the page does not change within that short period)Is that better with IE8 or chrome? important for me:-page load (of course)ANDone thing opera does very well, the back-button: when i hit back, i AM back, NOT like IE, that goes on to reload the page, i only left about 2 sec ago(which makes no sense, the page does not change within that short period)Is that better with IE8 or chrome?

]]> http://davidnaylor.org/blog/2009/03/beta-browser-battle-2-page-load-times/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Anonymous Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:00:00 +0000 http://naylor83.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/beta-browser-battle-2-page-load-times#comment-597 IMHO, any future test should include (and vary) certain important settings that influence the actual and perceived page load times, especially on Firefox and OperaFF: something that could be achieved partly with the Fasterfox and Configuration mania extensions; about:config settings for:content.interrupt.parsingnglayout.initialpaint.delaycontent.* , if parsing is trueprettu much all settings listed at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Category:Tweaking_preferencesEffects of extensions (test firefox in safe mode vs. same Firefox /w some vital extensions enabled)Test more than one Firefox version;at least the latest stable (3.0.8),latest branch 3.5b4prelatest trunk 3.6a1preWith and without Tracemonkey enabledTest K-Meleon vs. Firefox as well (with same gecko and same prefs.js)Opera: prefs/advanced/browsing/Loading:redraw: Instantly/after x seconds/after page has finished loadingChrome: test latest chromium builds as well( http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/ , chrome-win32.zip in portable chrome/chromiumTrident based browsers: test IE7/IE8 vs eg. Avant/Maxthon IMHO, any future test should include (and vary) certain important settings that influence the actual and perceived page load times, especially on Firefox and OperaFF: something that could be achieved partly with the Fasterfox and Configuration mania extensions; about:config settings for:content.interrupt.parsingnglayout.initialpaint.delaycontent.* , if parsing is trueprettu much all settings listed at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Category:Tweaking_preferencesEffects of extensions (test firefox in safe mode vs. same Firefox /w some vital extensions enabled)Test more than one Firefox version;at least the latest stable (3.0.8),latest branch 3.5b4prelatest trunk 3.6a1preWith and without Tracemonkey enabledTest K-Meleon vs. Firefox as well (with same gecko and same prefs.js)Opera: prefs/advanced/browsing/Loading:redraw: Instantly/after x seconds/after page has finished loadingChrome: test latest chromium builds as well( http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/ , chrome-win32.zip in portable chrome/chromiumTrident based browsers: test IE7/IE8 vs eg. Avant/Maxthon

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